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Fabric Panel Playmat


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Fabric Panel Playmat - child kneeling on mat playingMy grandson really likes to go to the fabric store and select material for my next kid project, for him of course. Our recent purchase was the panels for this playmat.

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Supplies:

Fabric Panel Playmat - panel
 
Fabric Panel Playmat - closeup of manufacturer info on selvage
 

Steps:

  1. Press the two panels.
  2. Fabric Panel Playmate - pressed train panel
     
    Fabric Panel Playmate - pressed road panel
     
  3. Trim the selvage edges off of both panels.
  4. Fabric Panel Playmat - cutting off the selvage
     
  5. Lay one panel face up on your batting. Smooth out any wrinkles.
  6. Fabric Panel Playmat - place one panel over the batting
     
  7. Pin the panel to the batting, just enough to secure to make the final trim of batting to panel size.
  8. Fabric Panel Playmat - smooth and pin panel onto batting
     
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  9. Trim off excess batting.
  10. Fabric Panel Playmat - trim excess batting
     
    Fabric Panel Playmat - excess batting cut away
     
  11. Lay second panel right side down on top of first panel, right sides are together. Adjust your pins for sewing.
  12. Fabric Panel Playmat - lay second panel right side down on top of the first
     
  13. Sew around all four sides leaving a 4 - 5 inch opening for turning. I used the edge of the fabric and the presser foot edge to set the seam width, it is approximately 1/4 inch. Note: Unlike the whole cloth quilt with ric rac trim I did not put a piece of tissue paper under the batting while sewing. I probably should have, it helps the feed dogs work more smoothly.
  14. Fabric Panel Playmat - sew three layers together
     
    Fabric Panel Playmat - panels and batting pinned
     
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  15. Tie your threads at the beginning and end of the seam, unless you began and ended with a back stitch. Snip corners.
  16. Fabric Panel Playma - snip corners
     
  17. Turn right side out and finger press or use an iron to flatten the seams.
  18. Fabric Panel Playmat  - turn right side out
     
  19. Turn the seam allowance in where you left your opening for turning. Pin and blind stitch closed.
  20. Fabric Panel Playmat - turn in seam allowance were seam left open for turning
     
    Fabric Panel Playmat - pin seam opening and blind stitch closed
     
    Fabric Panel Playmat - stitching closed
     
  21. I ironed the mat and seams with a steam iron to make sure it laid flat before tying my square knots. This is optional, but I believe it helps.
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  23. Next the three layers were tied together using an embroidery needle and perle cotton floss. As the mat is two sided with different images on each side I roughly measured the 8 - 10 inches between ties, as recommended for this type of batting. When I found my spots for tying I checked the other side for placement on that side as well. Trim off excess floss leaving about 3/4 of an inch. I was under strict instructions from the three year old that the mat needed to be flat :) Besides who wants a tie right in the middle of the road.
  24. Fabric Panel Playmat - making small stitch with floss for tying
     
    Fabric Panel Playmat - another tie spot
     
  25. The mat is ready to play with now. I had to test drive a dump truck myself before handing it over to the grandson.
  26. Fabric Panel Playmat - toy dump truck on road
     
    Fabric Panel Playmate - child lying on his side and playing with a car on the mat
     
    Fabric Panel Playmat - closeup of train on track side
     
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March 27, 20170 found this helpful
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Your project is so neat and looks like it is really appreciated - makes me recall making cloth books for my grandkids - many years ago. Thanks for an interesting and useful post.

 
Anonymous
March 21, 20170 found this helpful

So cute thanks for sharing. Looks like
grandson is having fun.

 

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